Classics: Why We Should Encourage Children to Read Them
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Re: Classics: Why We Should Encourage Children to Read Them
that reading Classic books is good for young people to improve their minds and imagination.
I am glad I had such good books to read as a child and young adult growing up in England.
Thanks for the insight into this book and the inclusion of some of her comments, one of which
particularly struck me as being sad but true:
“Children need a bit of good fiction to nourish them in a world that seems out to kill them”.
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Those interested in reading classics or picking out classics for a young reader there is a perfect site for you where you can get all these for free.
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/.
Because these books are older and out of copyright Project Gutenberg has many of them in the over 57,000 books for free collection. H. G. Wells, Jack London, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Lewis Carroll, Howard Melville, Charles Dickens, Jules Verne, Mark Twain (take these with a grain of salt due to the language of the times has racial overtones) and so many other classic authors. You can even find some books they can use for reference if they writing about philosophers like Plato/Homer.
It is a real find for anyone looking for classics and there are also some books written in other languages!
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Growing up I had several classics in a series not only with illustrations, but with interesting tidbits and explanations of unfamiliar things that a young reader might not understand. Needless to say, they were among my favorites and there reason I love classics today. I wish I could remember what that series was, if anyone has any ideas.cristhian wrote: ↑19 Sep 2013, 10:07 I am really grateful that this types of sites are available to our community, in spite of the fact that many people nowadays are losing the habit of reading. Children are the ones who need to carry on this habit, therefore we as grown ups have to foster reading at schools, mostly. I think the best way to do so is through tales or with eye-appealing illustrations like for instance I`ve bought this book titled "Treasure Island (Sterling Illustrated Classics)" which I got and my kids enjoy it a lot you know since it has plenty of images.
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Is the reality of the world different from how we perceive and experience it in our minds? Does physical reality exist apart from the human mind?
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Children should be exposed to age appropriate classic literature! They should see real world issues that have been faced over history, some faced nobly and some well, not so nobly. I believe that in addition to reading classics though, it is important for the next generation to have one moral compass to reflect the situations they face in those tales. Adding the Bible in their literary diet provides the greatest story ever told and gives a solid foundation for feeling self actualized and whole.
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Also, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, The Wind in the Willows, Black Beauty and maybe starting to introduce them to the Grimm's fairy tales that aren't so...Well, grimm-ish
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